47 CFR 73.606 - Table of allotments.

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(a)General. The following table of allotments contains the channels designated for the listed communities in the United States, its Territories, and possessions. Channels designated with an asterisk are assigned for use by noncommercial educational broadcast stations only. A station on a channel identified by a plus or minus mark is required to operate with its carrier frequencies offset 10 kHz above or below, respectively, the nominal carrier frequencies.

(b)Table of Allotments.

Alabama

Channel No.

Anniston

40-

Arab

56-

Bessemer

17

Birmingham

6-, *10-, 13-, 21-, 42 , *62 , 68-

Decatur

Demopolis

*41

Dothan

4, 18, *39 , 60-

Dozier

*2-

Florence

15, 26, *36-

Gadsden

44 , 60

Gulf Shores

55

Huntsville

19, *25 , 31 , 48-

Huntsville-Decatur

54

Louisville

*43

Mobile

5 , 10 , 15 , 21 , *31, *42

Montgomery

12, 20, *26 , 32, 45-, *63

Mount Cheaha

*7-

Munford

*16-

Opelika

50, 66

Ozark

34

Selma

8, 29-

Troy

67

Tuscaloosa

23-, 33, *39-

Tuscumbia

52

Tuskegee

22-

Alaska

Channel No.

Anchorage

2-, 4-, 5, *7-, *9, 11, 13-, and 33

Bethel

*4

Dillingham

*2, 10

Fairbanks

2 , 7 , *9 , 11 , 13

Juneau

*3, 8, 10

Ketchikan

2, 4, *9

North Pole

4

Seward

3-,

Sitka

13

Arizona

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Ajo

*23-

Coolidge

*43

Douglas

3, *28

Flagstaff

2, 4 , 9, 13, and *16

Globe

*14

Green Valley

46

Holbrook

*11 , *18

Kingman

6-, *14-

McNary

*22

Mesa

12-

Nogales

*16

Page

*17

Parker

*17-

Phoenix

3 , 5-, *8 , 10-, 15-, 21, 33, 39, 45, 61

Prescott

7, *19

Safford

*23

Sierra Vista

58

Tolleson

51

Tucson

4-, *6 , 9-, 13-, 18-, *27-, 40

Tucson-Nogales

2 11

Yuma

11-, 13 , *16-

Arkansas

Channel No.

Arkadelphia

*9

Camden

237A, 246, 49-

Cimarron

23

El Dorado

10-, 43-

Eureka Springs

34

Fayetteville

*13-, 36

Fort Smith

5-, 24 , 40-

Gosnell

46

Harrison

31

Hot Springs

*20, 26

Jonesboro

8-, *19 , 48

Little Rock

*2-, 4, 7-, 11, 16-, *36, and 42

Mountain Home

43

Mountain View

*6-

Newark

*17

Pine Bluff

25-, 38-

Rogers

51-

Russellville

*28

Springdale

57

California

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Alturas

13

Anaheim

56-

Arcata

23

Avalon

54

Bakersfield

17, 23-, 29, *39-, 45, 65

Barstow

*35 , 64

Big Bear Lake

59

Bishop

*14-, 20

Blythe

*22-

Brawley

*26

Calipatria

54

Ceres

*23

Chico

12-, *18, 24 , *46-

Clovis

43

Coalinga

*27-

Concord

42

Corona

52

Cotati

*22-

El Centro

7 , 9

Eureka

3-, 6-, *13-, and 29

Fort Bragg

8-

Fresno

*18 , 24, 30 , 47, 53,

Hanford

21

Huntington Beach

*50-

Indio

*19

Long Beach

18-

Los Angeles

2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 22, *28, 34,*58-, *68-

Merced

51

Modesto

19-

Novato

68

Oakland

2

Ontario

46

Oroville

28

Oxnard

63

Palm Springs

36-, 42

Paradise

30

Porterville

61

Rancho Palos Verdes

44

Redding

7, *9, 16

Ridgecrest

*25

Riverside

62

Sacramento

3, *6, 10, 29-, 31-, 40-

Salinas-Monterey

8 , 35-, 46-, *56, 67-

San Bernardino

*24-, 30

San Diego

8, 10, *15, 39, 51, 69

San Francisco

4-, 5 , 7-, *9 , 14 , 20-, 26-, *32 , 38, 44-

San Jose

11 , 36, 48-, *54, 65

San Luis Obispo

6 , *15 , and 33

San Mateo

*60

Sanger

59

Santa Anna

40,

Santa Barbara

3-, 14,1 *20,1 , 38, and *55

Santa Cruz

*16-

Santa Maria

12 , 42

Santa Rosa

50-, *62

Stockton

13 , 58, 64

Susanville

*14

Twentynine Palms

31

Vallejo-Fairfield

66

Ventura

57

Visalia

26 , *49

Watsonville

*25

Weaverville

32

Willits

11-

Yosemite Valley

41

Yreka City

*20

Colorado

Channel No.

Alamosa

*16, 47

Boulder

14

Broomfield

*12

Castle Rock

53

Colorado Springs

11, 13, 21

Craig

*16

Denver

2, 4-, *6-, 7, 9-, 20, 31, *41, 50, 59

Durango

6 , *20-, and 33

Fort Collins

22-

Glenwood Springs

3-, *19

Grand Junction

5-, 8-, *18 , 4*, 11

Gunnison

*17-

La Junta

*22

Lamar

12-, *14-

Leadville

*15-

Longmont

25

Montrose

10 , *22

Pueblo

5, *8, 32-, 48

Salida

*23

Steamboat Springs

24

Sterling

3, *18

Trinidad

*24

Connecticut

Channel No.

Bridgeport

43-, *49-

Hartford

3 , 18-, *24, 61

New Britain

30

New Haven

8, 59 , 55

New London

26

Norwich

*53

Waterbury

20

Delaware

Channel No.

Dover

*34

Seaford

38, *64

Wilmington

*12, 61

District of Columbia

Channel No.

Washington

4-, 5-, 7 , 9, 20 , *26-, *32 , 50

Florida

Channel No.

Boca Raton

*63

Bradenton

*19, 66

Bunnell

58

Cape Coral

36

Clearwater

22

Clermont

18-

Cocoa

*52, 68

Crystal River

39-

Daytona Beach

2-, 26

Destin

48

Fort Lauderdale

51

Fort Myers

11 , 20 , *30

Fort Pierce

*21-, 34

Fort Walton Beach

35, 53, 58

Gainesville

*5-, 20, 29

High Springs

53

Hollywood

69

Inverness

64

Islamorada

*9

Jacksonville

4 , *7, 12 , 17, 30 , 47-, *59

Kenansville

31

Key West

8, *13, and 22

Lake City

*41

Lake Worth

67

Lakeland

32

Leesburg

*45-, 55

Live Oak

57-

Madison

*36-

Marathon

16

Marianna

*16 , 51

Melbourne

43 , 56

Miami

*2, 4, 6, 7-, 10 , *17-, 23-, 33, 35, 39, and 45

Naples

26-, 46

New Smyrna Beach

*15

Ocala

*29, 51-

Orange Park

25-

Orlando

6-, 9, * 24-, 27, 35 , and 65

Palatka

*42, 63

Palm Beach

61

Panama City

7 , 13, 28-, *56, 46

Panama City Beach

46

Pensacola

3-, *23, 33 , 44

St. Petersburg

10-, 38, 44

Sarasota

40

Sebring

*48, 60

Stuart

59

Tallahassee

*11-, 24, 27 , 40

Tampa

*3, 8-, 13-, *16, 28, and 50

Tequesta

25

Tice

49

Venice

62

West Palm Beach

5, 12, 29 , *42 ,

Georgia

Channel No.

Albany

10, 19-, 31-, and 52-

Ashburn

*23

Athens

*8-, 34

Atlanta

2, 5-, 11 , 17-, *30, 36, 46-, *57 , 69

Augusta

6 , 12-, 26, 54-

Bainbridge

49

Baxley

34

Brunswick

21

Carrollton

*49-

Carnesville

*52

Cedartown

*65-

Chatsworth

*18-

Cochran

*29

Columbus

3, 9 , *28, 38 , *48, 54

Cordele

55

Dalton

23

Dawson

*25

Draketown

*27-

Elberton

*60

Flintstone

*41-

Lafayette

*35

Macon

13 , 24 , 41 , *47 , 64-

Monroe

63

Pelham

*14-

Perry

58

Rome

14

Royston

*22

Savannah

3, *9-, 11, 22,

Thomasville

6

Toccoa

32-, *68-

Valdosta

*33, 44-

Vidalia

*18

Warm Springs

Warner Robbins

35-

Waycross

*8

Wrens

*20-

Young Harris

*51-

Hawaii

Channel No.

Hilo (Hawaii)

2, *4, 9, 11, 13, 14 , 20 , 26 , *32 , *38

Honolulu (Oahu)

2 , 4-, 5, 9-, *11 , 13-, 14, 20, 26, 32, *38, and *44.

Kailua

50

Kailua-Kona (Hawaii)

6

Kaneohe

66

Lihue (Kauai)

3 , *8-, 10 , 12-, 15-, *21-, *27-, *67

Wailuku (Maui)

3, 7, *10, 12, 15, 21, *27, *33, 39

Waimanalo

56

Idaho

Channel No.

Boise

2, *4 , 7, 39

Burley

*17

Caldwell

9-

Coeur d'Alene

*26

Filer

*19-

Grangeville

*15-

Idaho Falls

3, 8 , 20, *33

Lewiston

3-

Moscow

*35-

Nampa

6, 12

Preston

*28

Pocatello

6-, *10, 15, 25 , 31-

Sandpoint

*16

Sun Valley

5-

Twin Falls

11, *13-, 35

Weiser

*17

Illinois

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Aurora

60

Bloomington

43

Carbondale

*8

Champaign

3 , 15-

Charleston

*51

Chicago

2-, 5, 7, 9 , *11, *20, 26, 32, 38-, 44

Danville

68

Decatur

17, 23-

DeKalb

*33, *48-

East St. Louis

46

Edwardsville

*18-

Elgin

4 66

Freeport

23, *65-

Galesburg

53

Harrisburg

3

Jacksonville

*14

Joliet

1 14-, 66

Kankakee

*54-

LaSalle

35

Macomb

*22

Marion

27

Moline

8, *24-

Mount Vernon

13

Olney

*16-

Paris

46

Peoria

19, 25 , 31 , *47-, 59

Pontiac

53

Quincy

10-, 16 , *27

Rockford

13, 17 , 39

Rock Island

4

Springfield

20 , 49-, 55

Streator

*63

Urbana

*12-, 27-

Vandalia

*21

Indiana

Channel No.

Anderson

67

Angola

63

Bloomington

4, *30-, 42 and 63

Elkhart

28

Evansville

7, *9 , 14-, 25-, and 44

Fort Wayne

15 , 21 , 33-, *39-, 55

Gary

50, *56

Hammond

62

Indianapolis

6, 8-, 13-, *20-, 40, 59-, *69

Kokomo

29-

Lafayette

18, *24

Madison

*60

Marion

23

Muncie

49, *61

Richmond

43

Salem

58

South Bend

16, 22, *34-, 46

Terre Haute

2 , 10, *26-, 38

Vincennes

*22-

Iowa

Channel No.

Ames

5, 23-, *34

Burlington

26-, *57-

Carroll

*18-, 30 , and 52

Cedar Rapids

2, 9-, 28 , and 48-

Centerville

*31-

Council Bluffs

*32

Davenport

6 , 18 , 30-, *36

Decorah

*14

Des Moines

8-, *11 , 13-, 17 , *43-, 63-

Dubuque

16-, *29-, 40-

Estherville

*49

Fort Dodge

*21

Fort Madison

*38

Hampton

50

High Point

*14-

Iowa City

*12 , 20-

Keokuk

*44

Keosauqua

*54

Lansing

*41

Mason City

3 , *24

Mount Ayr

*25-

Newton

39

Ottumwa

15 , *33-

Red Oak

*36

Rock Rapids

*25

Sibley

*33

Sioux City

4-, 9, 14, *27-, 44

Spirit Lake

*38

Waterloo

7 , 22-, *32-

Kansas

Channel No.

Chanute

*30

Cimarron

23

Colby

4

Columbus

*48-

Dodge City

*21-

Emporia

*25

Ensign

6

Fort Scott

20

Garden City

11 , 13-, *18

Goodland

10

Great Bend

2

Hays

7-, *9

Hoisington

14

Hutchinson

*8, 12, 36

Junction City

31

Lakin

*3

Lawrence

38

Liberal

5

Manhattan

*21

Oakley

*15-

Parsons

*39

Phillipsburg

*22-

Pittsburg

7 and 14

Pratt

*32

Randall

Salina

18 , 34-, 44

Sedan

*28

Topeka

*11, 13 , 22 , 27, 49

Wichita

3-, 10-, *15 , 24-, 33, *42

Kentucky

Channel No.

Ashland

*25, 50-, 61

Beattyville

65

Blanco

52

Bowling Green

13, *24-, 40 , *53-, 59

Campbellsville

34

Covington

*54

Danville

56

Elizabethtown

*23

Harlan

44-

Hazard

*35 , 57-

Hopkinsville

51

Lexington

18 , 27-, 36, *46, 62

Louisville

3-, 11, *15, 21-, 32-, 41 , *68

Madisonville

19-, *35-, and 57

Morehead

*38 , 67-

Murray

*21 , 38

Newport

19

Owensboro

31-, 48, 61

Owenton

*52

Paducah

6 , 29 and 49

Paintsville

69

Pikeville

*22-, 51

Somerset

16, *29

Louisiana

Channel No.

Alexandria

5, *25 , 31 , 41

Baton Rouge

2, 9-, *27 , 33-, and 44

Columbia

11

De Ridder

*23-

Houma

11

Lafayette

3 , 10, 15, *24

Lake Charles

7-, *18-, 29-

Minden

21

Monroe

8 , *13,

Morgan City

*14

Natchitoches

*20

New Iberia

50

New Orleans

4 , 6, 8-, * 12, 20-, 26, * 32 , 38 , and 49

Shreveport

3-, 12, *24-, 33, and 45

Slidell

54

Tallulah

*19

West Monroe

14-, 39

Maine

Channel No.

Augusta

*10-

Bangor

2-, 5 , 7-

Biddeford

*26-

Calais

*13-

Fort Kent

*46

Fryeburg

*18

Houlton

*25

Kittery

*39

Lewiston

35-

Millinocket

*44-

Orono

*12-

Poland Spring 8-

Portland

6-, 13 , 51

Presque Isle

8, *10 , 47

Rumford

*43

Waterville

23-

Maryland

Channel No.

Annapolis

*22

Baltimore

2 , 11-, 13 , 24 , 45, 54, *67-

Cumberland

52 , 65

Frederick

*62

Hagerstown

25-, *31, and 68

Oakland

*36

Salisbury

16 , *28-, 47-

Waldorf

*58

Massachusetts

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Adams

19

Boston

*2 , 4 , 5-, 7 , 25 , 38, *44, 68

Cambridge

56

Greenfield

32

Lawrence

62

Marlborough

66

New Bedford

6 , 28-, *34

North Adams

*35

Norwell

46

Pittsfield

51

Springfield

22, 40, *57

Vineyard Haven

58

Worcester

14, 1 27, *48 ,

Michigan

Channel No.

Alpena

*6, 11

Ann Arbor

31 , *58

Bad Axe

* 15-, 41-

Battle Creek

41 , and 43-

Bay City

5-, 46

Cadillac

9, *27, 33

Calumet

5-, *22-

Cheboygan

4

Detroit

2 , 4, 7-, 20 , 50-, *56, 62

East Lansing

*23-, *69-

Escanaba

3

Flint

12-, *28-, 66-

Grand Rapids

8 , 13 , 17-, *35

Iron Mountain

8-, *17

Ironwood

*15-, 24

Ishpeming

10

Jackson

18

Kalamazoo

3-, *52 , 64

Lansing

6-, 47, 53-

Manistee

*21

Manistique

*15

Marquette

6-, *13, 19

Mount Clemens

38

Mount Pleasant

*14

Muskegon

54

Onondaga

10-

Petoskey

*23

Port Huron

46

Saginaw

25-, 49-

Sault Ste. Marie

8, 10 , *32-

Traverse City

7 , 29-

University Center *19

Vanderbilt

45

West Branch

*24

Minnesota

Channel No.

Alexandria

7, * 24, and 42

Appleton

*10-

Austin

6-, *15-

Bemidji

*9, 26

Brainerd

*22

Chisholm

11

Crookston

*33

Duluth

3, *8, 10 , 21 , 27-

Ely

*17-

Fairmont

*16

Hibbing

13-

International Falls

*35

Mankato

12, *26-

Marshall

*30-

Minneapolis-St. Paul

*2-, 4, 5-, 9 , 11-, *17, 23 , 29 , and 45

Redwood Falls

43

Rochester

10, 47-

St. Cloud

19, *25-, 41

St. James

32

Thief River Falls

10, *30

Wadena

*20-

Walker

12-, 38-

Wilmar

*14-

Winona

*35 , 44-

Worthington

*20

Mississippi

Channel No.

Biloxi

13 , *19 ,

Booneville

*12-

Bude

*17

Clarksdale

*21

Cleveland

*31-

Columbia

*45

Columbus

4-, *43

Greenville

15-, 44

Greenwood

6 , *23

Gulfport

25-

Grenada

22

Hattiesburg

22, *47

Holly Springs

40

Houston

45

Jackson

3, 12 , 16, *29 , 40 , and 51

Laurel

7, 18

Magee

34

Meridian

11-, *14, 24-, 30-

Mississippi State

*2

Natchez

*42 , 48

Oxford

*18

Senatobia

*34-

Tupelo

9-, 49

Vicksburg

35-

West Point

27

Wiggins

43-, 46-

Yazoo City

*32-

Missouri

Channel No.

Birchtree

*20-

Bowling Green

*35

Cape Girardeau

12, 23, *39-

Carrollton

*18

Columbia

8 , 17-*23

Flat River

*22

Hannibal

7-

Jefferson City

13, 25, *36-

Joplin

12 , 16, *26-

Kansas City

4, 5 , 9 , *19 , 29, 41-, 50-, 62 , *68-

Kennett

58

King City

*28-

Kirksville

3-

LaPlata

*21

Lowry City

*15-

Osage Beach

49

Poplar Bluff

15 , *26 , 55

Rolla

*28

St. Joseph

2-, 16-, 22

St. Louis

2, 4-, 5-, *9, 11-, 24 , 30 , *40-, *46

Sedalia

6

Sikeston

45

Springfield

3 , 10, *21-, 27-, 33--

Montana

Channel No.

Anaconda

2

Billings

2-, 6, 8, *11, 14, 20

Bozeman

7-, *9

Butte

*2 , 4, 6 , 18, 24

Cut Bank

*14-

Dillon

*14

Glendive

5 , 13 , *16-

Great Falls

3 , 5 , 16, 26, *32

Hardin

4

Havre

9 , 11-, and *18-

Helena

10 , 12, *15

Joplin

35-, 48, 54-

Kalispell

9-, *29-

Lewistown

13

Miles City

3-, *10

Missoula

8-, *11 , 13-, 17-, and 23-

Wolf Point

*17

Nebraska

Channel No.

Albion

18, *21 , 24

Alliance

*13-

Bassett

*7-

Beatrice

23

Falls City

*24

Grand Island

11-, 17

Hastings

5-, *29

Hayes Center

6

Hay Springs-Scottsbluff

4

Kearney

13

Lexington

*3

Lincoln

8 , 10 , *12-, 45, 51

McCook

8-, 16 , 12

Merriman

*12

Norfolk

*19

North Platte

235, 246, 278

Omaha

3, 6 , 7, 15, *26, 42 , *48-, and 54

Orchard

16

Pawnee

33

Scottsbluff

10-, 16

Superior

4

Nevada

Channel No.

Elko

10-, *14

Ely

3-, 6

Fallon

*25

Goldfield

7-

Henderson

5

Las Vegas

3, 8-, *10 , 13-, 15 , 21 , and 33

Laughlin

34

McGill

*13

Paradise

39

Pawnee City

*33

Reno

2, 4, *5, 8, 11, 21 , and 27

Tonopah

9-, *17

Winnemucca

7 , *15-

Yerington

*16

New Hampshire

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Berlin

*40-

Concord

21

Derry

50-

Durham

*11

Hanover

*15

Keene

*52

Littleton

*49

Manchester

9-,

Merrimack

60

Portsmouth

1 17-

New Jersey

Channel No.

Atlantic City

*36, 53 , 62-

Burlington

48-

Camden

*23

Linden-Newark

47

Montclair

*50

Newark

13-, 68

New Brunswick

*58

Newton

63

Paterson

41-

Secaucus

9

Trenton

*52-

Vineland

59-, 65-

West Milford

*66-

Wildwood

40

New Mexico

Channel No.

Alamogordo

*18-

Albuquerque

4 , *5 , 7 , 13 , 14-, 23-, *32 , 41, 50

Carlsbad

6-, *15 , 25-

Clayton

*17

Clovis

12--

Deming

*16

Farmington

3, 12 , *15

Gallup

*8-, 10

Hobbs

29

Las Cruces

*22-, 48

Lovington

*19

Portales

*3

Raton

*18-

Roswell

8, 10-, 21-, 27-, *33

Santa Fe

2 , *9 , 11-, 19-

Silver City

6, 10 , *12

Socorro

*15-

Tucumcari

*15

New York

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Albany-Schenectady

6, 10-, 13, *17 , 23-, *29 , 45

Amsterdam

*39 , 55

Arcade

62-

Batavia

51-

Bath

14-

Binghamton

12-, 34, 40-, *46

Buffalo

2, 4, 7 , 17, *23, 29-, 49-

Carthage

7-

Corning

*30, 48

Elmira

18 , 36-

Garden City

*21-

Glens Falls

*58-

Ilion

67-

Ithaca

52, *65

Jamestown

26 , *46

Kingston

62

Lake Placid

*34

New York

2, 4, 5 , 7, 11 , *25, 31-

North Pole

5

Norwood

*18

Oneonta

1 15, *42

Plattsburg

*57

Poughkeepsie

54

Riverhead

55

Rochester

8, 10 , 13-, *21, 31 , *61

Saranac Lake

40

Smithtown

67

Springville

67

Syracuse

3-, 5-, 9-, *24 , 43 , 56 , 68-

Utica

2-, 4-, 20 , 33, *59

Watertown

*16, 50

Waverly

*57-

North Carolina

Channel No.

Andrews

*59

Asheville

13-, 21 , *33, 62

Belmont

46

Bryson City

*67

Burlington

16

Canton

*27

Chapel Hill

*4

Charlotte

3, 9 , 18, 36, *42

Concord

*58

Cullowhee

50

Durham

11 , 28

Edenton

*2

Fayetteville

40 , 62

Forest City

66

Franklin

*56

Goldsboro

17-

Greensboro

2-, 48-, 61

Greenville

9-, 14, *25, and 38

Hickory

14-

High Point

8-, *32 , 67

Jacksonville

*19, 35

Kannapolis

64-

Laurel Hill

59

Lexington

20

Linville

*17

Lumberton

*31

Manteo

4

Morehead City

8

Morganton

23-

New Bern

12

Raleigh

5, 22, *34, 50

Roanoke Rapids

*36-

Rockingham

*53

Rocky Mount

47

Washington

7

Waynesville

59

Wilmington

3-, 6, 26-, *39-

Wilson

30-

Winston-Salem

12, *26 , 45

North Dakota

Channel No.

Bismarck

*3, 5, 12-, 17-, 26

Devils Lake

8 , *22

Dickinson

2 , *9-, 7

Ellendale

*19-

Fargo

6, 11 , *13, 15-

Grand Forks

*2, 14 , 27

Jamestown

7-, *23

Minot

*6 , 10-, 13-, 14-, 24

Pembina

12

Valley City

4-

Williston

*4, 8-, 11-, *15-

Ohio

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Akron

23 , *49 , 55-

Alliance

*45

Ashtabula

1 15

Athens

20*, 63-

Bowling Green

*27

Cambridge

*44-

Canton

17-, 67

Chillicothe

53

Cincinnati

5-, 9, 12, *48-, 64-

Cleveland

3, 5 , 8, *25 , 61

Columbus

4-, 6 , 10 , 28-, *34, *56-

Dayton

2, 7 , *16 , 22 , 45

Defiance

65

Hillsboro

*24 , 55

Lima

35-, 44 , *57 , 17

Lorain

43

Mansfield

*47 , 68-

Newark

*31-, 51

Oxford

*14

Portsmouth

30, *42-

Sandusky

52

Shaker Heights 19

Springfield

26 , *66

Steubenville

9 , *62

Toledo

11-, 13, 24-, *30 , 36-, and 40-

Xenia

32

Youngstown

21-, 27, 33, *58

Zanesville

18-

Oklahoma

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Ada

10 , *22

Altus

*27

Ardmore

*17, *28-

Bartlesville

17

Cheyenne

12

Claremore

*35

Duncan

40

Elk City

*15-

Enid

20-, *26

Eufaula

*3

Grove

45

Guymon

9 , *16

Hugo

42 , 1 *15 , *48

Lawton

7 , *36-, 16-, 45

McAlester

*32-

Miami

*18-

Muskogee

19

Norman

46-

Oklahoma City

4-, 5, 9-, *13, 14-, 25-, 34-, 43 , 52, and 62

Okmulgee

44-

Sayre

8

Shawnee

30

Tulsa

2 , 6 8-, *11-, 23, 41 , 47, 53

Woodward

*17-, 35

Oregon

Channel No.

Astoria

*21

Bend

*3 , *15, 21 , 51

Brookings

*14-

Burns

*18

Coos Bay

11, 23 , 41

Corvallis

*7-

Eugene

9 , 13, 16 , *28-, and 34

Grants Pass

*18 , 30

Klamath Falls

2-, *22 , and 31

LaGrande

*13 , 16

Medford

5, *8 , 10 , 12 , and 26

North Bend

*17

Pendleton

11-

Portland

2, 6 , 8-, *10, 12, 24 , *30, 40-

Roseburg

4 , 36, 46

Salem

22, 32

The Dalles

*17-

Pennsylvania

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Allentown

*39, 69

Altoona

10-, 23-, 47, *57

Bethlehem

60-

Clearfield

*3

Erie

12, 24, 35 , *54 , 66

Greensburg

40

Harrisburg

21 , 27-, *33

Hazleton

56

Jeanette

19

Johnstown

6, 8-, 19 , *28

Lancaster

8 , 15

Lebanon

55-

Philadelphia

3, 6-, 10, 17-, 29, *35-, 57

Pittsburgh

2-, 4 , 11, *13-, 16, 22, 53

Reading

51

Red Lion

49

Scranton

16-, 22-, 38 , *44-, 64

State College

29 , and *59

Wilkes Barre

28

Williamsport

1 20-, 53-

York

43,

Rhode Island

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Block Island

69-

Providence

10 , 12 , 1 16, *36, 64

South Carolina

Channel No.

Aiken

*44

Allendale

*14

Anderson

40

Beaufort

*16-

Charleston

2 , 4, 5 , *7-, 24, and 36

Columbia

10-, 19 , 25-, *35 , 47, 57-

Conway

*23

Florence

13 , 15-, 21, *33

Greenville

4-, 16 , 21, *29

Greenwood

*38, 48

Hardeeville

28-

Myrtle Beach

32, 43

Rock Hill

30 , 55-

Spartanburg

7 , 49

Sumter

*27- and 63-

South Dakota

Channel No.

Aberdeen

9-, *16-

Allen

22

Brookings

*8

Eagle Butte

*13

Florence

3-

Huron

12

Lead

5-, 11

Lowry

*11-, 56, 62 , 68-

Martin

*8-

Mitchell

5

Pierre

4, *10

Rapid City

3 , 7 , *9, 15-, 21-

Reliance

6-

Seneca

*2-

Sioux Falls

11, 13 , 17-, *23, 36 , 46

Vermillion

*2

Tennessee

Channel No.

Athens

*24

Chattanooga

3 , 9, 12 , *45, 61-

Cleveland

53

Cookeville

*22, 28

Crossville

20 , *55

Fayetteville

*29-

Greeneville

39-

Hendersonville

50

Jackson

7 , 16 , *32

Jellico

54-

Johnson City

11-, *41

Kingsport

19

Knoxville

6, 8, 10 , *15-, 43

Lebanon

66--

Lexington

*11

Livingston

60-

McMinnville

33

Memphis

3-, 5 , *10 , 13 , *14 , 24, 30, 50 , and *56

Murfreesboro

39

Nashville

2-, 4 , 5, *8 , 17 , 30 , *42, and 58

Sneedville

*2

Tazewell

48

Tullahoma

64

Union City

41

Texas

Channel No.

Abilene

9 , 15, *26 , 32

Alpine

12-

Alvin

67

Amarillo

*2 , 4, 7, 10, 14

Austin

7 , *18 , 24, 36, 42-, and 54

Bay City

*43

Baytown

57

Beaumont

6-, 12-, 21, *34-

Belton

46-

Big Spring

4-, *14

Blanco

17

Boquillas

8-

Borger

31

Brady

13

Brownsville

23

Bryan

3, 28

Childress

*21

College Station

*15, 50-

Conroe

49 and 55

Corpus Christi

3-, 6, 10-, *16, 28-, 38

Crockett

40

Dallas

4 , 8, *13 , 27-, 33 , 39, and 58

Decatur

29

Del Rio

10, *24

Denton

*2

Eagle Pass

16

El Paso

4, 7, 9, *13, 14, 26 , *38--, and 65

Farwell

18

Fort Stockton

5

Fort Worth

5 , 11-, 21-, *31 , and 52-

Fredericksburg

2

Galveston

*22, 47

Garland

23

Greenville

47

Harlingen

4 , *44, 60

Houston

2-, *8, 11 , 13-, *14, 20, 26, 39-, and 61

Irving

49

Jacksonville

56

Katy

51

Kennville

35

Killeen

62

Lake Dallas

55

Laredo

8, 13, 27-, *39

Liano

14-

Longview

16 , 38-, and 51-

Lubbock

*5-,11,13-, 16 , 28, and 34-

Lufkin

9

McAllen

48

Marfa

3

Marshall

*22-, 35

Midland

2-, 18

Mineola

64

Monahans-Odessa

9-

Nacogdoches

19-, *32

Odessa

7-, 24-, 30, *36 , and 42

Palestine

43

Paris, Texas

36 , 42

Port Arthur

4-

Presidio

7

Rio Grande City

40

Rosenberg

45

San Angelo

3-, 6, 8 , *21

San Antonio

4, 5, *9-, 12 , *23-, 29 , 41 , and 60

Sherman

12-, 20-, *26-

Snyder

17-

Sonora

11

Sulphur Springs

18

Sweetwater

12

Temple

6 ,

Texarkana

6, 17-, *34

Tyler

7,14 , *38, and 60

Uvalde

26-

Victoria

19 , 25, 31, and *47

Waco

10 , 25 , *34 , 44-

Weslaco

5-

Wichita Falls

3 , 6-, 18-, *24

Wolfforth

22-

Utah

Channel No.

Cedar City

4, *16

Logan

12-, *22

Moab

*14

Monticello

*16-

Ogden

*9 , *18-, 24, 30

Price

3 , *15

Provo

*11-, 16, 32

Richfield

8 , *19

Salt Lake City

2-, 4-, 5 , *7-, 13 , 14-, 20 , *26-

St. George

12, *18-

Vernal

6, *17

Vermont

Channel No.

Burlington

3, 22 , *33-, 44

Hartford

31

Rutland

*28

St. Johnsbury

*20-

Windsor

*41

Virginia

Channel No.

Arlington

14-

Ashland

65

Blacksburg

*43, 65-

Bristol

5 , *28-

Bluefield

*63

Charlottesville

29-, *41-, 64

Courtland

*52

Danville

24-, 44 , *56

Farmville

*31-

Fairfax

*56-

Fredericksburg

69

Front Royal

*42

Goldvein

*53

Grundy

68

Harrisonburg

3-

Lynchburg

13, 21-, *54

Manassas

66

Marion

*52-

Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News-

3 , 10 , 13-, *15, 27, 33, 49- and

Hampton

*55

Norton

*47-

Onancock

*25

Petersburg

8

Richmond

6 , 12-, *23, 35 , *57-, 63

Roanoke

7-, 10, *15 , 27 , 38-, and 60

Staunton

*51-

Virginia Beach

21 , 43

West Point

*46

Washington

Channel No.

Anacortes

64

Bellevue

33 , 51

Bellingham

12 , 24, *34

Centralia

*15

East Wenatchee

249A

Everett

16-

Kennewick

42

Morton

39

Olympia

67

Pasco

19-

Pullman

*10-, 24

Richland

25, *31

Rochester

26

Seattle

4, 5 , 7, *9, 22 , 45 , and *62

Spokane

2-, 4-, 6-,*7 22, 28-, and 34-

Tacoma

11 , 13-, 20, *28, and *56

Vancouver

*14, 49

Walla Walla

9

Wenatchee

*18 , 27

Yakima

23 , 29 , 35, *47

West Virginia

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Bluefield

6-, 40-

Charleston

8 , 11 , 29, *49-

Clarksburg

12 , 46-

Fairmont

66-

Grandview

*9-

Huntington

3 , 13 , *33

Keyser

*30

Lewisburg

59

Martinsburg

*44, 60

Morgantown

*24-

Oak Hill

4

Parkersburg

15-, 39 , *57

Weirton

*50

Weston

5

Wheeling

7, 1 14, *41

Williamson

*31

Wisconsin

Channel No.

Antigo

46

Appleton

32

Bloomington

*49

Chippewa Falls

48

Crandon

4

Eagle River

34

Eau Claire

13 , 18

Fond du Lac

68

Green Bay

2 , 5 , 11 , 26 , *38, 50

Highland

*51

Janesville

57

Kenosha

55-

Kieler

*46

LaCrosse

8 , 19 , 25, *31

Madison

3, 15, *21-, 27 , 47

Manitowoc

16

Marshfield

39-

Mayville

52

Menomonie

*28-

Milwaukee

4-, 6, *10 , 12, 18-, 24 , 30, *36, and 58

Oshkosh

22 and *50

Park Falls

*36

Racine

49

Rhinelander

12

Rice Lake

16

Richland Center

45

Sheboygan

28

Sturgeon Bay

42

Superior

6 , 40

Suring

14-

Tomah

43

Wausau

7-, 9, *20 , 33-

Wittenberg

55

Wyoming

Channel No.

Casper

2 , *6 , 13 , 14-, 20-

Cheyenne

5 , *17, 27-, 33-

Jackson

2, 11

Lander

*4, 5

Laramie

*8

Rawlins

11-

Riverton

10

Rock Springs

13

Sheridan

7, 9 , 12

U.S. Territories and Possessions

[See footnotes at end of tables]

Channel No.

Footnotes to tables:

1 Following the decision in Docket No. 18261, channels so indicated will not be available for television use until further action by the Commission.

2 Operation on this channel is subject to the conditions, terms, and requirements set out in the Report and Order in Docket No. 19075, RM-1645, adopted January 5, 1972, released January 7, 1972, FCC 72-19.

3 [Reserved]

4 This channel is not available for use at Elgin unless and until it is determined by the Commission that it is not needed for use at Joliet, Ill.

5 [Reserved]

6 Stations using these allotments shall limit radiation toward stations on the same channel in Puerto Rico, to no more than the effective radiated power which would be radiated by an omnidirectional radio station using maximum permissible effective radiated power for antenna height above average terrain, at the minimum distances from such stations specified in Sec. 73.610(b). The FCC shall consider the status of the negotiations with the appropriate British authorities concerning these allotments when the applications for construction permits come before the FCC.

The Audio Division approves the withdrawal of an Application for Review filed by Sacred Heart University (“SHU”), licensee of noncommercial educational Station WSUF(FM), Noyack, New York. See also Supplementary Information.

The Audio Division, at the request of Roy E. Henderson, substitutes FM Channel 260A for FM Channel 263A as the vacant allotment at Custer, Michigan. Channel 260A can be allotted at Custer, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 43-58-16 NL and 86-19-42 WL. The Government of Canada has concurred in the allotment of Channel 260A at Custer, Michigan, which is required because Custer is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.

The Audio Division grants a settlement request filed by Dickenson County Broadcasting Corporation (“Dickenson County”), licensee of Station WDIC-FM, Clinchco, Virginia, and East Kentucky Broadcasting Corporation (“East Kentucky”), licensee of Station WPKE-FM, Coal Run, Kentucky. The staff dismisses Dickenson County's Application for Review with prejudice and returns Stations WDIC-FM and WPKE-FM to the channels that they occupied before this proceeding commenced. See also Supplementary Information.

The Audio Division grants Petitions for Reconsideration filed by Edward Czelada (“Czelada”) and Sanilac Broadcasting Company (“Sanilac”) and reserves Channel 256A at Lexington, Michigan, for noncommercial educational (“NCE”) use because no other channels in the reserved FM band are available; and the channel would provide a first or second NCE service to more than 2,000 persons who constitute ten percent of the population within the allotment's 60 dBu contour. See also SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

Effective June 4, 2015. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 4, 2015.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission makes minor changes to the rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. Specifically, as required by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, the Commission incorporates by reference into the Commission's rules the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) (Successor RP), replacing the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into the Commission's rules in 2011. The Successor RP will become mandatory on June 4, 2015. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, “BS.1770-3.”

The Audio Division, at the request of Brett E. Miller, allots Channel 272A at Dayton, Washington. A staff engineering analysis determines that Channel 272A can be allotted to Dayton consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 3.1 kilometers (1.9 miles) southwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 46-18-20 NL and 118-00-03 WL.

The Audio Division, at the request of Synergy Lakeshore Licenses, LLC, deletes vacant Channel 274A at Evart and modifies WGHN, Inc.'s construction permit from Channel 249A to Channel 242A at Ludington. We also modify Stations WMOM(FM), Pentwater, Michigan from Channel 242A to Channel 274A and WMLQ(FM), Manistee, Michigan from Channel 282A to Channel 249A. The Media Bureau's Consolidated Data Base System (CDBS) will reflect the reserved channel assignments for Station WMOM(FM) and Station WMLQ(FM). See Supplementary Information.

This document denies the Petition for Reconsideration filed by OCC Acquisitions, Inc. First, we reject OCC Acquisitions, Inc.'s argument that La Mas Z Radio Corporation's expression of interest for vacant Channel 237B at Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands is a sham. Next, we dismiss as procedurally defective OCC Acquisitions, Inc.'s argument that we should have considered the option of retaining vacant Channel 271B at Charlotte Amalie and adding Channel 237B at that community because this allotment scheme is preferable to the substitution of Channel 237B for Channel 271B at Charlotte Amalie and grant of the Station WNVE(FM) Application. Finally, we conclude that no error was committed in this case by placing the reimbursement responsibility on the ultimate permittee of Channel 237B at Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands.

Effective October 14, 2014 except for amendments to §§ 1.2105(a)(2)(xii) and (c)(6); 1.2204(a), (c), (d)(3), and (d)(5); 1.2205(c) and (d); 1.2209; 2.1033(c)(19)(iii); 15.713(b)(2)(iv); 15.713(h)(10); 27.14(k) and (t)(6); 27.17(c); 27.19(b) and (c); 73.3700(b)(1)(i) through (v), (b)(2)(i) and (ii), (b)(3), (b)(4)(i) and (ii), and (b)(5); 73.3700(c); 73.3700(d); 73.3700(e)(2) through (6); 73.3700(f); 73.3700(g); 73.3700(h)(4) and (6); 74.602(h)(5)(ii) and (iii); and 74.802(b)(2), which contain new or modified information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections.

47 CFR Parts 0, 1, 2, 15, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

In this document the Commission adopts rules to implement the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction. Our central objective in designing this incentive auction is to harness the economics of demand for spectrum in order to allow market forces to determine its highest and best use, which will benefit consumers of telecommunications services.

The Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments (“FM Table”) to remove certain vacant FM allotments that were auctioned in FM Auction 79 that are currently considered authorized stations. FM assignments for authorized stations and reserved facilities will be reflected solely in Media Bureau's Consolidated Database System (CDBS).

The Audio Division, at the request of SSR Communications, Inc., allots Channel 286A at Haynesville, Louisiana, as a “backfill” allotment to prevent the removal of the community's potential first local service that accommodates the “hybrid” application for Station KIMW, Channel 288A from Haynesville, Louisiana, to Heflin, Louisiana. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 286A can be allotted to Haynesville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules with a site restriction 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) south of the community. The reference coordinates are 33-00-12 NL and 93-08-19 WL.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) grants in part and denies in part the Application for Review filed by the Curators of the University of Missouri (“Petitioner”) of the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Media Bureau (“Bureau”) in this proceeding, which denied the Petitioner's request to waive the standard for reserving a vacant FM channel for noncommercial educational (“NCE”) use. Although the Bureau erred by not giving a “hard look” to the waiver request, the Commission found that a waiver was not warranted.

The Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments (“FM Table”), to remove certain vacant FM allotments that were auctioned in FM Auction 68 and FM Auction 70 that are currently considered authorized stations. FM assignments for authorized stations and reserved facilities will be reflected solely in Media Bureau's Consolidated Database System (CDBS).

Effective June 19, 2014, except for the amendment to § 73.3613, which contains information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these changes. A separate notice will be published in the Federal Register soliciting public and agency comments on the information collections and establishing a deadline for accepting such comments.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document completes the Commission's proceeding regarding the attribution of television joint sales agreements (JSAs)—in which a “brokering station” sells the advertising time for a “brokered station”—for purposes of applying the broadcast ownership rules. The Commission, consistent with its prior decision to attribute radio JSAs, attributes to the brokering station same-market television JSAs that cover more than 15 percent of the weekly advertising time for the brokered station.

The Audio Division, at the request of Katherine Pyeatt, allots FM Channel 281A as a first local transmission service at Moran, Texas. Channel 281A can be allotted at Moran, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 32-25-00 NL and 99-08-00 WL.

The Commission, at the request of Western Pacific Broadcast, LLC (“Western Pacific”), amends the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments to delete channel 5 at Seaford and substitute channel 5 at Dover, Delaware and to modify WMDE(TV)'s construction permit to specify Dover as the station's community of license. Western Pacific asserts that the change in community of license would serve the public interest by providing Dover, the second largest city in Delaware, with its first local television service and that the smaller community of Seaford would remain well-served after the reallotment.

At the request of The Navajo Nation, the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 268C2 at Tohatchi, New Mexico, as a first local Tribal Allotment and a first local service to the community. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 268C2 can be allotted to Tohatchi consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with no imposition of a site restriction at reference coordinates 35-54-37 NL and 108-46-26 WL.

2014-05-13; vol. 79 # 92 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014

79 FR 27196 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Grants and Church Rock, New Mexico

This document dismisses the Petition for Partial Reconsideration filed by Reynolds Technical Associates in response to the “Request to Dismiss.” Reynolds Technical Associates states that it is no longer interested in pursuing the Petition for Partial Reconsideration, and it certifies that there is no agreement and no consideration received or promised in exchange for such withdrawal.

The Media Bureau reminds television stations not affiliated with the top four national networks and those licensed to markets below the top 50 that they must begin to comply with the online political file rules on July 1, 2014.

A petition for rulemaking was filed by LeSEA Broadcasting of South Bend, Inc. (“LeSEA”), the licensee of station WHME-TV, channel 48, South Bend, Indiana. Previously, the Commission substituted channel 46 for channel 48 at LeSEA's request, and LeSEA now seeks to return to its previously allotted channel 48. LeSEA believes that grant of this reallotment would serve the public interest by allowing the station to continue to operate its currently licensed facilities and to channel the monies it would have spent building out channel 46 facilities into its current service.

2014-03-06; vol. 79 # 44 - Thursday, March 6, 2014

79 FR 12679 - Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations and To Amend Rules for Digital Class A Television Stations

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) denies eight petitions for reconsideration of a Second Report and Order in this proceeding adopting final rules to ensure a timely and successful completion of the low power television digital transition.

The Media Bureau denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Kona Coast Radio, LLC (“Kona”) of the dismissal of its Petition for Rule Making for a new FM allotment at Kahuku, Hawaii, because Kona had not demonstrated error with the staff's decision. The Bureau also affirmed the grant of a Counterproposal filed by Kemp Communications, Inc. for a new allotment at Kualapuu, Hawaii, and a minor modification application filed by Big D Consulting, Inc. See Supplementary Information .

2014-02-20; vol. 79 # 34 - Thursday, February 20, 2014

79 FR 9622 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Third Report and Order; An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification. This document is consistent with the Third Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the requirements.

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by the Alabama Educational Television Commission (“AETC”), the licensee of station WBIQ(TV), Birmingham, Alabama. Previously, the Commission substituted channel *39 for channel *10 at AETC's request and AETC now seeks to return to its previously allotted channel *10. AETC states that allowing the station to remain on its previously allotted channel *10 will serve the public interest by allowing the station to conserve its limited resources, avoid disruption of service, eliminate the need for new facilities, and allow the funds saved to be redirected back into public interest programming.

The Commission has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Family Broadcasting Group, Inc. (“Family Broadcasting”), the licensee of KSBI(TV), channel 51, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, requesting the substitution of channel 23 for channel 51 at Oklahoma City. Family Broadcasting has entered into a voluntary relocation agreement with U.S. Cellular Corporation and states that operation on channel 23 will eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block, thus serving the public interest.

At the request of Sydney Allison Sugg, the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 270C3 at Heber Springs, Arkansas, as the community third local FM transmission service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 270C3 can be allotted to Heber Springs consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 12.8 kilometers (7.9 miles) northeast of the community. The reference coordinates are 35-34-12 NL and 91-55-41 WL.

The Media Bureau approves a settlement request filed by Univision Radio License Corporation (“Univision”) and Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC (“Grenax”), vacates the Report and Order in this proceeding, dismisses Grenax's Counterproposal for a new allotment on Channel 246C2 at Munds Park, Arizona, and grants Univision's Petition for Rule Making and hybrid application for an increase in existing service by its Station KHOV-FM, Wickenburg, Arizona. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

The Commission amends the Table of FM Allotments by removing Channel 221C0 at Port Lions, Alaska; Channel 247C3 at De Beque, Colorado; Channel 237C3 at Benjamin, Texas; Channel 261C3 at Cisco, Texas; Channel 288C2 at Rule, Texas; and Channel 225C2 at Shamrock, Texas. These vacant allotments have been offered in two or more FM auctions. No bids were entered for these allotments in Auction 94. It is Commission's policy not to delete an FM allotment where a bona fide expression of interest exists, absent a compelling reason to do so. Accordingly, we are deleting these six vacant allotments because no bona fide expressions of interests were filed.

2013-11-26; vol. 78 # 228 - Tuesday, November 26, 2013

78 FR 70499 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

Effective December 5, 2013, except for amendments to 47 CFR 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875, 73.1675, and 73.1690, which contain new and revised information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. Applicability date: The applicability date of the amendments to 47 CFR 1.30000, 1.30001, 22.371, 27.63, 73.45, 73.316, 73.685, 73.1692, 73.6025, and 74.1237 is indefinitely delayed. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the applicability date.

47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is correcting final rules that appeared in the Federal Register of 78 FR 66288, November 5, 2013. The document issued final rules that establish a single protection scheme for tower construction and modification near AM tower arrays and designate “moment method” computer modeling as the principal means of determining whether a nearby tower affects an AM radiation pattern. This correction makes no change to the substance of the rules.

2013-11-12; vol. 78 # 218 - Tuesday, November 12, 2013

78 FR 67310 - Implementation of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010; Revision of Service and Eligibility Rules for Low Power FM Stations

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants in part and denies in part Prometheus Radio Project's Petition for Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order ( Sixth R&O ) in this proceeding. In particular, the Commission makes minor revisions to the rule that protects the input signals of FM translator and FM booster stations from interference by low power FM (“LPFM”) stations. The Commission also denied the remaining four petitions for reconsideration for the reasons set forth below. These actions will provide clarification of the LPFM rules for entities preparing for the upcoming LPFM filing window.

2013-11-05; vol. 78 # 214 - Tuesday, November 5, 2013

78 FR 66288 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

Effective December 5, 2013, except for amendments to 47 CFR 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875, 73.1675, and 73.1690, which contain new and revised information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. Applicability Date: The applicability date of the amendments 47 CFR 1.30000, 1.30001, 22.371, 27.63, 73.45, 73.316, 73.685, 73.1692, 73.6025, and 74.1237 is indefinitely delayed. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the applicability date.

47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

In this document, the Commission adopted a single protection scheme for tower construction and modification near AM tower arrays and designated “moment method” computer modeling as the principal means of determining whether a nearby tower affects an AM radiation pattern. The Commission also dismissed in part as moot and denied in all other respects a petition for reconsideration of the Second Report and Order in MM Docket No. 93-177.

This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.

The Audio Division approves the withdrawal of an Application for Review filed by Sacred Heart University (“SHU”), licensee of noncommercial educational Station WSUF(FM), Noyack, New York. See also Supplementary Information.

Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply comments on or before October 27, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by WPXS, Inc. (“WPXS”), the licensee of station WPXS(TV), channel 21, Mount Vernon, Illinois, requesting the substitution of channel 11 for channel 21 at Mount Vernon. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it recently adopted rules to implement the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction authorized by the Spectrum Act which facilitates the voluntary return of television spectrum usage rights and reorganizes the broadcast television bands. The Commission will be able to recover a portion of ultra-high frequency (“UHF”) spectrum for new, flexible-use licenses suitable for mobile broadband services. By relinquishing channel 21, a UHF channel, the proposed channel substitution will assist the Commission in the repacking process by freeing up a UHF channel, which serves the public interest.

Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply comments on or before October 27, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Ion Media Atlanta License, Inc. (“Ion Media”), the licensee of station WPXA-TV, channel 51, Rome, Georgia, requesting the substitution of channel 31 for channel 51 at Rome. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it subsequently announced that it would lift the freeze to accept such petitions for rulemaking seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. Ion Media has entered into such a voluntary relocation agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and states that operation on channel 31 would eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block.

Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply comments on or before October 27, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Ion Media Kansas City License, Inc. (“Ion Media”), the licensee of station KPXE-TV, channel 51, Kansas City, Missouri, requesting the substitution of channel 30 for channel 51 at Kansas City. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it subsequently announced that it would lift the freeze to accept such petitions for rulemaking seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. Ion Media has entered into such a voluntary relocation agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and states that operation on channel 30 would eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block.

The Audio Division, at the request of Roy E. Henderson, substitutes FM Channel 260A for FM Channel 263A as the vacant allotment at Custer, Michigan. Channel 260A can be allotted at Custer, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 43-58-16 NL and 86-19-42 WL. The Government of Canada has concurred in the allotment of Channel 260A at Custer, Michigan, which is required because Custer is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.

The Audio Division grants a settlement request filed by Dickenson County Broadcasting Corporation (“Dickenson County”), licensee of Station WDIC-FM, Clinchco, Virginia, and East Kentucky Broadcasting Corporation (“East Kentucky”), licensee of Station WPKE-FM, Coal Run, Kentucky. The staff dismisses Dickenson County's Application for Review with prejudice and returns Stations WDIC-FM and WPKE-FM to the channels that they occupied before this proceeding commenced. See also Supplementary Information.

The Audio Division grants Petitions for Reconsideration filed by Edward Czelada (“Czelada”) and Sanilac Broadcasting Company (“Sanilac”) and reserves Channel 256A at Lexington, Michigan, for noncommercial educational (“NCE”) use because no other channels in the reserved FM band are available; and the channel would provide a first or second NCE service to more than 2,000 persons who constitute ten percent of the population within the allotment's 60 dBu contour. See also SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

Effective June 4, 2015. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 4, 2015.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission makes minor changes to the rules that restrict the volume of television commercials. Specifically, as required by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, the Commission incorporates by reference into the Commission's rules the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (RP) (Successor RP), replacing the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 Recommended Practice (Current RP), incorporated into the Commission's rules in 2011. The Successor RP will become mandatory on June 4, 2015. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, “BS.1770-3.”

The Audio Division, at the request of Brett E. Miller, allots Channel 272A at Dayton, Washington. A staff engineering analysis determines that Channel 272A can be allotted to Dayton consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 3.1 kilometers (1.9 miles) southwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 46-18-20 NL and 118-00-03 WL.

The Audio Division, at the request of Synergy Lakeshore Licenses, LLC, deletes vacant Channel 274A at Evart and modifies WGHN, Inc.'s construction permit from Channel 249A to Channel 242A at Ludington. We also modify Stations WMOM(FM), Pentwater, Michigan from Channel 242A to Channel 274A and WMLQ(FM), Manistee, Michigan from Channel 282A to Channel 249A. The Media Bureau's Consolidated Data Base System (CDBS) will reflect the reserved channel assignments for Station WMOM(FM) and Station WMLQ(FM). See Supplementary Information.

This document denies the Petition for Reconsideration filed by OCC Acquisitions, Inc. First, we reject OCC Acquisitions, Inc.'s argument that La Mas Z Radio Corporation's expression of interest for vacant Channel 237B at Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands is a sham. Next, we dismiss as procedurally defective OCC Acquisitions, Inc.'s argument that we should have considered the option of retaining vacant Channel 271B at Charlotte Amalie and adding Channel 237B at that community because this allotment scheme is preferable to the substitution of Channel 237B for Channel 271B at Charlotte Amalie and grant of the Station WNVE(FM) Application. Finally, we conclude that no error was committed in this case by placing the reimbursement responsibility on the ultimate permittee of Channel 237B at Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands.

Effective October 14, 2014 except for amendments to §§ 1.2105(a)(2)(xii) and (c)(6); 1.2204(a), (c), (d)(3), and (d)(5); 1.2205(c) and (d); 1.2209; 2.1033(c)(19)(iii); 15.713(b)(2)(iv); 15.713(h)(10); 27.14(k) and (t)(6); 27.17(c); 27.19(b) and (c); 73.3700(b)(1)(i) through (v), (b)(2)(i) and (ii), (b)(3), (b)(4)(i) and (ii), and (b)(5); 73.3700(c); 73.3700(d); 73.3700(e)(2) through (6); 73.3700(f); 73.3700(g); 73.3700(h)(4) and (6); 74.602(h)(5)(ii) and (iii); and 74.802(b)(2), which contain new or modified information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections.

47 CFR Parts 0, 1, 2, 15, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

In this document the Commission adopts rules to implement the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction. Our central objective in designing this incentive auction is to harness the economics of demand for spectrum in order to allow market forces to determine its highest and best use, which will benefit consumers of telecommunications services.

The Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments (“FM Table”) to remove certain vacant FM allotments that were auctioned in FM Auction 79 that are currently considered authorized stations. FM assignments for authorized stations and reserved facilities will be reflected solely in Media Bureau's Consolidated Database System (CDBS).

The Audio Division, at the request of SSR Communications, Inc., allots Channel 286A at Haynesville, Louisiana, as a “backfill” allotment to prevent the removal of the community's potential first local service that accommodates the “hybrid” application for Station KIMW, Channel 288A from Haynesville, Louisiana, to Heflin, Louisiana. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 286A can be allotted to Haynesville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules with a site restriction 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) south of the community. The reference coordinates are 33-00-12 NL and 93-08-19 WL.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) grants in part and denies in part the Application for Review filed by the Curators of the University of Missouri (“Petitioner”) of the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Media Bureau (“Bureau”) in this proceeding, which denied the Petitioner's request to waive the standard for reserving a vacant FM channel for noncommercial educational (“NCE”) use. Although the Bureau erred by not giving a “hard look” to the waiver request, the Commission found that a waiver was not warranted.

Comments must be filed on or before July 2, 2014 and reply comments must be filed on or before July 22, 2014.

47 CFR Parts 1, 27, and 73

Summary

The FCC's Incentive Auction Task Force (IATF) seeks comment on the results of a staff analysis on the potential for new aggregate interference in the repacking process and seeks comment on newly released repacking constraint data that uses actual channels.

The Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments (“FM Table”), to remove certain vacant FM allotments that were auctioned in FM Auction 68 and FM Auction 70 that are currently considered authorized stations. FM assignments for authorized stations and reserved facilities will be reflected solely in Media Bureau's Consolidated Database System (CDBS).

Effective June 19, 2014, except for the amendment to § 73.3613, which contains information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these changes. A separate notice will be published in the Federal Register soliciting public and agency comments on the information collections and establishing a deadline for accepting such comments.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document completes the Commission's proceeding regarding the attribution of television joint sales agreements (JSAs)—in which a “brokering station” sells the advertising time for a “brokered station”—for purposes of applying the broadcast ownership rules. The Commission, consistent with its prior decision to attribute radio JSAs, attributes to the brokering station same-market television JSAs that cover more than 15 percent of the weekly advertising time for the brokered station.

Comments are due on or before July 7, 2014 and reply comments are due on or before August 4, 2014. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before July 21, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document solicits comment on proposed changes to the broadcast ownership rules in compliance with section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the Commission to review its broadcast ownership rules quadrennially to review these rules to determine whether they are necessary in the public interest as a result of competition. In addition, this document solicits comment on certain aspects of the Commission's 2008 Diversity Order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit remanded and directed the Commission to address in its quadrennial review proceeding. This document solicits comment also on a potential disclosure requirement for certain broadcast television shared service agreements.

The Audio Division, at the request of Katherine Pyeatt, allots FM Channel 281A as a first local transmission service at Moran, Texas. Channel 281A can be allotted at Moran, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 32-25-00 NL and 99-08-00 WL.

Comments must be filed on or before June 23, 2014, and reply comments on or before July 8, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Ashley A. Bruton, proposing the allotment of Channel 280A at McCall, Idaho, as the community's eighth local service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 280A can be allotted to McCall, Idaho consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the rules with a site restriction 0.4 kilometers (0.2 miles) southwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 44-54-30 NL and 116-06-00 WL.

Comments must be filed on or before June 23, 2014, and reply comments on or before July 8, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed The Navajo Nation, proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, of the Commission's rules, by allotting FM Channel 258C2 at Rough Rock, Arizona, as a first local service. The facts presented by The Navajo Nation are sufficient to support consideration of the allotment of FM Channel 258C2 at Rough Rock, Arizona, as a Tribal Allotment. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 258C2 can be allotted to Rough Rock, Arizona consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 7.1 km (4.4 miles) southeast of Rough Rock. The reference coordinates are: 36-21-08 NL and 109-49-54 WL.

Comments must be filed on or before June 23, 2014, and reply comments on or before July 8, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation, permittee of new FM station, Channel 274A, Centerville, Texas, proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotment, § 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules by substituting Channel 274A for vacant Channel 267A at Centerville, Texas. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 274A can be allotted to Centerville, Texas consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules with a site restriction located 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) east of Centerville. The reference coordinates are 31-15-00 NL and 95-56-00 WL.

The Commission, at the request of Western Pacific Broadcast, LLC (“Western Pacific”), amends the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments to delete channel 5 at Seaford and substitute channel 5 at Dover, Delaware and to modify WMDE(TV)'s construction permit to specify Dover as the station's community of license. Western Pacific asserts that the change in community of license would serve the public interest by providing Dover, the second largest city in Delaware, with its first local television service and that the smaller community of Seaford would remain well-served after the reallotment.

At the request of The Navajo Nation, the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 268C2 at Tohatchi, New Mexico, as a first local Tribal Allotment and a first local service to the community. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 268C2 can be allotted to Tohatchi consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with no imposition of a site restriction at reference coordinates 35-54-37 NL and 108-46-26 WL.

2014-05-13; vol. 79 # 92 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014

79 FR 27196 - Radio Broadcasting Services; Grants and Church Rock, New Mexico

This document dismisses the Petition for Partial Reconsideration filed by Reynolds Technical Associates in response to the “Request to Dismiss.” Reynolds Technical Associates states that it is no longer interested in pursuing the Petition for Partial Reconsideration, and it certifies that there is no agreement and no consideration received or promised in exchange for such withdrawal.

Comments must be filed on or before May 26, 2014, and reply comments on or before June 10, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Brett E. Miller, proposing the allotment of Channel 272A at Dayton, Washington, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 272A can be allotted to Dayton consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with a site restriction 3.1 kilometers (1.9 miles) southwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 46-18-20 NL and 118-00-03 WL.

Comments must be filed on or before May 26, 2014, and reply comments on or before June 10, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by JER Licenses, LLC, winning bidder in Auction 93 for Channel 281C3 at Peach Spring, Arizona. The petition proposes the substitution of Channel 246C for vacant Channel 280C at Toquerville, Utah to accommodate the hybrid application requesting the downgrade of the new FM station, from Channel 281C3 to Chanel 280A at Peach Springs, Arizona. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 246C can be allotted to Toquerville, Utah consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with a site restriction located 46.7 kilometers (29 miles) northeast of Toquerville. The reference coordinates are 37-34-28 NL and 112-56-33 WL.

The Media Bureau reminds television stations not affiliated with the top four national networks and those licensed to markets below the top 50 that they must begin to comply with the online political file rules on July 1, 2014.

A petition for rulemaking was filed by LeSEA Broadcasting of South Bend, Inc. (“LeSEA”), the licensee of station WHME-TV, channel 48, South Bend, Indiana. Previously, the Commission substituted channel 46 for channel 48 at LeSEA's request, and LeSEA now seeks to return to its previously allotted channel 48. LeSEA believes that grant of this reallotment would serve the public interest by allowing the station to continue to operate its currently licensed facilities and to channel the monies it would have spent building out channel 46 facilities into its current service.

Comments must be filed on or before April 21, 2014, and reply comments on or before May 6, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by SSR Communications, Inc., permittee of FM Station KIMW, Channel 288A, Haynesville, Louisiana, proposing the allotment of Channel 286A to Haynesville, Louisiana, as a “backfill” allotment to prevent removal of Haynesville's potential first local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 286A can be allotted to Haynesville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with a site restriction 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) south of the community. The reference coordinates are 33-00-12 NL and 93-08-19 WL.

2014-03-06; vol. 79 # 44 - Thursday, March 6, 2014

79 FR 12679 - Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations and To Amend Rules for Digital Class A Television Stations

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) denies eight petitions for reconsideration of a Second Report and Order in this proceeding adopting final rules to ensure a timely and successful completion of the low power television digital transition.

The Media Bureau denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Kona Coast Radio, LLC (“Kona”) of the dismissal of its Petition for Rule Making for a new FM allotment at Kahuku, Hawaii, because Kona had not demonstrated error with the staff's decision. The Bureau also affirmed the grant of a Counterproposal filed by Kemp Communications, Inc. for a new allotment at Kualapuu, Hawaii, and a minor modification application filed by Big D Consulting, Inc. See Supplementary Information .

2014-02-20; vol. 79 # 34 - Thursday, February 20, 2014

79 FR 9622 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Third Report and Order; An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification. This document is consistent with the Third Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the requirements.

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by the Alabama Educational Television Commission (“AETC”), the licensee of station WBIQ(TV), Birmingham, Alabama. Previously, the Commission substituted channel *39 for channel *10 at AETC's request and AETC now seeks to return to its previously allotted channel *10. AETC states that allowing the station to remain on its previously allotted channel *10 will serve the public interest by allowing the station to conserve its limited resources, avoid disruption of service, eliminate the need for new facilities, and allow the funds saved to be redirected back into public interest programming.

The Commission has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Family Broadcasting Group, Inc. (“Family Broadcasting”), the licensee of KSBI(TV), channel 51, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, requesting the substitution of channel 23 for channel 51 at Oklahoma City. Family Broadcasting has entered into a voluntary relocation agreement with U.S. Cellular Corporation and states that operation on channel 23 will eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block, thus serving the public interest.

Comments must be filed on or before February 21, 2014, and reply comments on or before March 10, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by LeSEA Broadcasting of South Bend, Inc. (“LeSEA”), the licensee of station WHME-TV, channel 48, South Bend, Indiana, requesting to return to its previously allotted channel 48 at South Bend. On March 2, 2010, the Commission substituted channel 46 for channel 48 at LeSEA's request; however, LeSEA now asserts that it will neither serve the public interest nor make economic or technical sense to expend resources to build WHME-TV's channel 46 facility.

At the request of Sydney Allison Sugg, the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 270C3 at Heber Springs, Arkansas, as the community third local FM transmission service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 270C3 can be allotted to Heber Springs consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 12.8 kilometers (7.9 miles) northeast of the community. The reference coordinates are 35-34-12 NL and 91-55-41 WL.

The Media Bureau approves a settlement request filed by Univision Radio License Corporation (“Univision”) and Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC (“Grenax”), vacates the Report and Order in this proceeding, dismisses Grenax's Counterproposal for a new allotment on Channel 246C2 at Munds Park, Arizona, and grants Univision's Petition for Rule Making and hybrid application for an increase in existing service by its Station KHOV-FM, Wickenburg, Arizona. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Comments must be filed on or before January 13, 2014, and reply comments on or before January 28, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Telesouth Communications, Inc., proposing the substitution of Channel 284A for vacant Channel 233A at Bruce, Mississippi to accommodate the contingently filed “hybrid” application for Station WTNM(FM), Water Valley, Mississippi. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 284A can be allotted to Bruce consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules with a site restriction 15.5 kilometers (9.6 miles) northeast of the community. The reference coordinates are 34-02-51 NL and 89-11-41 WL. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Comments must be filed on or before January 10, 2014, and reply comments on or before January 27, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Family Broadcasting Group, Inc. (“Family Broadcasting”), the licensee of station KSBI(TV), channel 51, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, requesting the substitution of channel 23 for channel 51 at Oklahoma City. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it subsequently announced that it would lift the freeze to accept such petitions for rulemaking seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. Family Broadcasting has entered into such a voluntary relocation agreement with U.S. Cellular Corporation and states that operation on channel 23 would eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block.

Comments must be filed on or before January 10, 2014, and reply comments on or before January 27, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Alabama Educational Television Commission (“AETC”), the licensee of station WBIQ(TV), channel *39, Birmingham, Alabama, requesting to return to its previously allotted channel *10 at Birmingham. AETC currently has a claim on two channels in the DTV Table of Allotments, channels *10 and *39, and seeks a waiver of the Commission's freeze on the filing of petitions for rulemaking by television stations seeking channel substitutions in order to relinquish all claims to channel *39 with the grant of this petition. AETC concludes that the proposed return of WBIQ(TV) to channel *10 will serve the public interest by allowing the station to conserve its resources and by not disrupting service to the public.

Comments must be filed on or before January 13, 2014, and reply comments on or before January 28, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document proposes, at the request of Synergy Lakeshore Licenses, LLC (“Synergy”), licensee of Station WMLQ(FM), Manistee, Michigan, the deletion of vacant FM Channel 274A at Evart, Michigan. The document also proposes the return of Stations WMLQ(FM), Manistee, and WMOM(FM), Pentwater, Michigan, to the channels that they previously occupied, and the modification of the construction permit for a new FM station at Ludington, Michigan. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION , supra.

The Commission amends the Table of FM Allotments by removing Channel 221C0 at Port Lions, Alaska; Channel 247C3 at De Beque, Colorado; Channel 237C3 at Benjamin, Texas; Channel 261C3 at Cisco, Texas; Channel 288C2 at Rule, Texas; and Channel 225C2 at Shamrock, Texas. These vacant allotments have been offered in two or more FM auctions. No bids were entered for these allotments in Auction 94. It is Commission's policy not to delete an FM allotment where a bona fide expression of interest exists, absent a compelling reason to do so. Accordingly, we are deleting these six vacant allotments because no bona fide expressions of interests were filed.

Comments must be filed on or before December 23, 2013, and reply comments on or before January 7, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by the Navajo Nation to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, by allotting FM Channel 268C2, Tohatchi, New Mexico, as a first local service under the Tribal Priority. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 268C2 can be allotted to Tohatchi consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules without the imposition of a site restriction. The reference coordinates are 35-54-37 NL and 108-46-26 WL.

Comments are due on or before December 27, 2013; reply comments are due on or before January 13, 2014.

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

Summary

In this document, the Commission proposes minor rule changes to incorporate by reference into the Commission's rules and make mandatory the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) March 12, 2013 A/85:2013 Recommended Practice (Successor RP), replacing the July 25, 2011 A/85:2011 RP (Current RP), incorporated into the Commission's rules in 2011. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act directs the Commission to incorporate by reference and make mandatory “any successor” to the ATSC's A/85 Recommended Practice (RP). This document also seeks comment on the appropriate timing for the 2013 Successor RP to replace the 2011 Current RP, and proposes an effective date of one year from the release date of the Report and Order resulting from this proceeding. The 2013 Successor RP applies an improved loudness measurement algorithm to conform to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) updated BS.1770 measurement algorithm, “BS.1770-3.”

2013-11-26; vol. 78 # 228 - Tuesday, November 26, 2013

78 FR 70499 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

Effective December 5, 2013, except for amendments to 47 CFR 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875, 73.1675, and 73.1690, which contain new and revised information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. Applicability date: The applicability date of the amendments to 47 CFR 1.30000, 1.30001, 22.371, 27.63, 73.45, 73.316, 73.685, 73.1692, 73.6025, and 74.1237 is indefinitely delayed. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the applicability date.

47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is correcting final rules that appeared in the Federal Register of 78 FR 66288, November 5, 2013. The document issued final rules that establish a single protection scheme for tower construction and modification near AM tower arrays and designate “moment method” computer modeling as the principal means of determining whether a nearby tower affects an AM radiation pattern. This correction makes no change to the substance of the rules.

Comments may be filed no later than January 21, 2014 and reply comments may be filed no later than February 18, 2014. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 21, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

In this document, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), seeking comment on a number of procedures designed to revitalize the AM broadcast radio service, and to ease regulatory burdens on existing AM broadcasters. The Commission also solicits further comments and suggestions designed to foster the revitalization of the AM broadcast radio service.

The Commission must receive written comments on or before December 16, 2013 and reply comments on or before January 13, 2014.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This Notice commences a proceeding to consider elimination of the so-called UHF discount in the Commission's national television multiple ownership rule. Currently, the national television ownership rule prohibits a single entity from owning television stations that, in the aggregate, reach more than 39 percent of the total television households in the nation. It thus appears that the DTV transition has rendered the UHF discount obsolete and it should be eliminated. This Notice seeks comment on that tentative conclusion. It also tentatively decides, in the event that the UHF discount is eliminated, to grandfather existing television station combinations that would exceed the 39 percent national audience reach cap in the absence of the UHF discount and seeks comment on that proposal. Finally, it seeks comment on whether a VHF discount should be adopted, as it appears that under current conditions VHF channels may be technically inferior to UHF channels for the propagation of digital television signals.

2013-11-12; vol. 78 # 218 - Tuesday, November 12, 2013

78 FR 67310 - Implementation of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010; Revision of Service and Eligibility Rules for Low Power FM Stations

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants in part and denies in part Prometheus Radio Project's Petition for Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order ( Sixth R&O ) in this proceeding. In particular, the Commission makes minor revisions to the rule that protects the input signals of FM translator and FM booster stations from interference by low power FM (“LPFM”) stations. The Commission also denied the remaining four petitions for reconsideration for the reasons set forth below. These actions will provide clarification of the LPFM rules for entities preparing for the upcoming LPFM filing window.

2013-11-05; vol. 78 # 214 - Tuesday, November 5, 2013

78 FR 66288 - An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification

Effective December 5, 2013, except for amendments to 47 CFR 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875, 73.1675, and 73.1690, which contain new and revised information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. Applicability Date: The applicability date of the amendments 47 CFR 1.30000, 1.30001, 22.371, 27.63, 73.45, 73.316, 73.685, 73.1692, 73.6025, and 74.1237 is indefinitely delayed. The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the applicability date.

47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 27, 73, and 74

Summary

In this document, the Commission adopted a single protection scheme for tower construction and modification near AM tower arrays and designated “moment method” computer modeling as the principal means of determining whether a nearby tower affects an AM radiation pattern. The Commission also dismissed in part as moot and denied in all other respects a petition for reconsideration of the Second Report and Order in MM Docket No. 93-177.

Comments must be filed on or before October 15, 2013, and reply comments on or before October 30, 2013.

47 CFR Part 73

Summary

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Sydney Allison Sugg, proposing the allotment of Channel 270C3 at Heber Springs, Arkansas, as the community's third local service. Channel 270C3 can be allotted to Heber Springs consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 12.8 kilometers (7.9 miles) northeast of the community. The reference coordinates are 35-34-12 NL and 91-55-41 WL.